Wonder if it actually cools the liquid? Would be easy to install ice and keep the water cold.

http://www.haydenauto.com/newproducts.htm

 

huh, is that like what the WRX STI has?

I test drove one and there was a button that read something like I/C spray or I/C water.

 

The I/C for the WRX is Air/Air. Watermisting will have a much better effect for that system than our Water/Air.

 

It's a cool idea (no pun intended) but you won't be racing at a sanctioned track anywhere. Water and track doesn't mix very well.

 

Spraying down the radiator right after a pass is an age old trick for southern boys. Up here in the north I've *never* seen anybody do it.

(yes it's a effective way to transfer heat)

Rich

 

Hi.

The process this is utilizing is called the "Latent Heat of Evaporation".

Explained here:

http://daphne.palomar.edu/jthorngren/latent.htm

This will work no matter what intercooler/aftercooler/radiator or other heat exchanger is being used.

The actual temp of the water in the reservoir is not very important - the change from liquid to vapour will absorb approx 600 calories per gram of water atually evaporated. That's quite a bit, actually.

The misting maximizes the surface area of the water as it comes into contract with the surface to be cooled ( in your case, the inter/aftercooler).

Also works at the beach - see all those chicks with their little spray bottles? I know, I know...what spray bottles?

Ain't physics fun? Class dismissed.

Cheers
Grog

 

How much? I wouldnt mind trying it out.

 

If it's too much, I already have the info to build my own.